Time Flies - March 2010

Phew! Its already the month of March, quarter of the year. Time really flies. This year my son will be sitting for his SPM exams and I'm having jitters, cold feet, butterflies in the stomach......funny ye, he sits for the exam and me having all tis.

Lately I have not been stitching much. Why, eh? Well, in early January 2010, my hubby manage to secure a Kiosk (not petrol kiosk, tak mampu) at JB Sentral, Johor Baru selling foodstuffs like sweets, candies, biscuits, dried and preserved fruits etc etc(some of the foodstuffs are pack by tis beautiful fingers. hehehe.....prasan). It operates from 8am til 10pm.

The kiosk is run by my eldest doter and a friend during the weekdays. So during the weekends, my hubby and me will take care of it. And sometimes my youngest doter and son will help out. So for those who are passing by, feel free to stop at our Kiosk No.7.

So when I'm there, I'll bring along my Tatting stuff. So I manage to finish tis piece of 2009 wip. Hope to finish more of my WIPssssss.

It's the Arches doily using the Flora Size 20. The pattern is by Marilee, the Yarnplayer.




Here's a little bit of JB Sentral.
JB Sentral is like KL Sentral, but bigger i think. (Have to check it out).JB Sentral is located near Jalan Tun Abd Razak. It is located near to Johor Bahru Customs Immigration Quarantine Complex(CIQ) and the Sultan Iskandar Complex. It is also located near to Johor Bahru City Square (there is a bridge in between the two buildings). So whoever takes a bus to Singapore or taking a bus from Singapore will definitely pass thru JB Sentral.

So til then, happy 'crafting'

Bye 2009 and Hello 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Hope the year 2010 will be a better year for all.

When the whole nation or rather the whole world was busy ushering into the new year with fireworks and shows, I was busy too. Hehehe..... not Birthday dinner. My birthday dinner was celebrated on the eve of my birthdate. My hubby brought us to a Italian restaurant called El Migos. The food was superb. Thanks, dear husband and children for the beautiful dinner.

OOooops! got carried away. Actually, I was busy sorting out the threads to launch my 1st 2010 crossstitch. OK!OK! I know I have a few wips not completed, but i just can't resist to stitch tis beautiful chart. Its so so beautiful. I have been aiming for tis chart for sometime now and finally decided to purchase it online with the help of my dear friend. Thanks Sal.

Its just concidence that it arrive on my birthday, and well, i thought i was just nice to start my New year. (excuses excuses) hehehe....

So will show it off in my next posting. Till then Happy New Year and happy stitching and crafting to all my friends.

A time to Relax........

Hello everyone!

I have been pretty busy for the past few months, no time to do any craft work. Wait!wait! just wonder, busy but still have time to play games on the Facebook. Hehehe.....Release Stress.

But today i have a little update on my tatting. Recently, i have received a skein of HDT from Zarina. It was so kind and generous of her. Anyway, it gave me a good excuse to de-tour awhile from my busy-ness and try out tis thread.

It is called Orchid Garden and size 50. Nice and beautiful colour. Phew! will purchase size 20 the next time. Anyone interest to purchase the HDT, can viewed at Zarina's blog. She have got nice colours of HDT.

The top pattern is called Melur and its from Jon's latest tatting book. The 2nd piece is called FeatherLine, and u can get the pattern from Jon's blog.

Thanks to all for dropping by. Til next time, take care and happy crafting to all.

SeLaMaT HaRi Raya

Phew! Time passes by so fast. Its already a week of the Raya celebration. Hope everyone have enjoyed and will enjoy themselves during tis festive season.

To all my friends who have sent me wishes/greetings, i wish to say Thank You. I'm sorry for not replying to all your smses, emails & blog wishes. Mungkin tidak terlambat untuk saya mengucapkan selamat menyambut hari raya aidil fitri kepada semua. Andaikata, ada tersilap kata, terkasar bahasa, saya menyusun sepuluh jari memohon maaf kepada semua. Maaf zahir batin.

Have been busy busy since a week before the Ramadhan month, stretch up to the 1st week of Syawal month. And i'll be even busier till the month of December.

I really miss all my hobbies. Hope i can take a break in between my busy-ness to do abit of crossstitching or tatting.

Once, again to all, Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri.

Butterflies!Butterflies

Last month i participated in an exchange in I-Tatters. Tis is my 1st time joining the tatting exchange, all tis while its xstitch exchange. (missed the exchange so much......)

Since i do not have any butterfly pattern that is 4inch/12cm big (the criteria of the exchange), i decided to do small butterflies and from tis small butterflies i need to make something big.

Combining my 3 favourite hobbies together (beading, xstitch & tatting) and with my expertise in sewing xstitch ornaments, viola... i did a fob/hanging ornament. The front of the fob is like a 'garden' and the back was 'butterflies are free'.

I used different sizes of threads and colours. It was really a wonderful experience playing all the different colours. I have also used the size 70 thread that Diane gave me. Phew! i need new glasses to tat with tis thread. Using size 70, makes your work looks more delicate n fine. Its beautiful.

Tis is the front side of the fob.


Tis is the back of the fob.

And tis......TAAaaaaaaaaaDAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa is from my partner, Jenni from Australia. Her work is so beautiful. (I can't seem to find the ends)


Ooops! so sorry for the unclear pictures.

Now i have to go back to crocheting my grannies.

Gift! Tatting Threads

A few weeks back, I received tis in my mail. Its from Diane of http://lacelovinlibrarian.blogspot.com/



Diane is such a generous person. Beside receiving some samples of threads, she also gave me 5 balls of threads. I have not used any of the thread yet, as i just like to admire it for the time being.

Once again,Diane, Thank U very much for tis beautiful threads.

Mother"s Day Heart

When i saw tis pattern at Jon's blog, i told myself, can i or can't i tat tis piece. Why???? Becoz' I have always make a point to read & study the instructions first before i decide to tat anything. So after reading, the 3 setbacks that i have is the Shoe Lace trick, making a daisy picot ring and tatting with beads. Never done before. So i decide not to use beads but just do picots. (Phew! luckily i omit the beads, my fingers & threads were all over when doing the daisy picots. Hehehe....)

So, as usual, notes spread out, i give it a try. So here is the end result. I manage to do the daisy picot ring, after a few times of snip, snip, snip. Its still not that pretty but OK la, for 1st timer. The long picots seem to be twisted eventhough i have iron it. But the Shoe Lace trick, I'm not so sure. Tried to read the SLT instruction over & over again, but i seem not able to understand. So I hope that what i did is correct.

Psst: The heart looks better with beads. Must try it someday.